Policy paper

City Deal: Liverpool

The City Deal for the Liverpool City Region is part of the first wave of City Deals to get the go-ahead from government.

• From: Cabinet Office and Deputy Prime Minister's Office
• Published: 5 July 2012

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Liverpool City Region Deal with Government

PDF, 337 KB, 24 pages

Details

The Liverpool City Deal sets out 6 areas to focus on, including:

• an international Business Festival to showcase and celebrates business opportunities to Europe and the rest of the world
• a low carbon red tape pilot to help reduce regulatory burdens and streamline local planning processes, in order to speed up more than £100 million worth of investment in offshore wind infrastructure in the City Region and create 3,000 jobs
• looking at how the River Mersey can become the cleanest river in an urban setting by 2045
• increasing employment by combining up to £80 million public and private employment and skills investments, helping businesses to create more jobs, address skills gaps and raise productivity, supporting 17,400 people into work and creating 6,000 apprenticeships
• transport, by revising the approach to governance and creating a joint investment fund of £800 million, supporting the creation of 15,000 jobs
• using the region’s science and knowledge assets, attracting science investment and generating 2,000 high value jobs

Published 5 July 2012